NLC to Fed Govt: fight Boko Haram as Ebola

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdul Waheed Omar, yesterday urged the Federal Government to fight the Boko Haram insurgency with the vigour it is fighting the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

He spoke in Kaduna when declaring open a one-day sensitisation workshop on the prevention of Ebola, organised by National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN).

Omar noted that the rapid response by the Federal Government to stop the spread of the Ebola virus was commendable, adding: “I think if Federal Government should fight Boko Haram the way it is fighting Ebola, the insurgency would have ended.

“I enjoin the government to be as proactive to Boko Haram as it has done to Ebola.”

The President and General-Secretary of NUTGTWN, Comrade Oladele Hunsu and Comrade Issa Aremu, said there was need for continuous enlightenment and sensitisation of the Ebola virus.

Aremu said the essence of the workshop was to enlighten members on the disease and how to prevent it.

He said: “As deadly as the Ebola virus disease is, we should not forget there are other diseases, such as malaria, polio and cholera, which have cure but are still rampant.

“Thus, as we battle with the deadly Ebola virus disease, we should do more with other diseases with known treatment/prevention. It is all about good health care and good governance.

“We laud the resolution of the crisis in the health sector, which led to the calling off of the strike by members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA). We are also impressed that the Federal Government has withdrawn the sack order given to the doctors.

“The truth is that we cannot resolve the health challenges, particularly the threat posed by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), if we have crisis in the health sector.

“Government must provide health workers with the tools, including insurance covers, to deal with the Ebola virus.”

Delivering a paper titled: “Ebola Virus Disease: What we need to know”, a resource person, Dr. Sani Gwarzo, who is a Director, Port Health Services, Federal Ministry of Health, said the era of sensitisation was over, adding that action should be taken to prevent the deadly virus.

Gwarzo, who is also a member of the Incident Management Committee on Ebola virus disease, said the spread of the disease started in 1976, which he said was known as rural Ebola, adding that it killed a lot of animals and human beings in Central Africa.

He allayed the fears of most Nigerians that suffering from acute malaria fever did not necessarily mean a symptom of Ebola, but warned that persons suffering from such fever should keep away from the work place till recovery.

Gwarzo said the rampaging disease is known as urban Ebola, urging the leadership of the labour union to put in place a policy, work plan as well as a response team to checkmate the spread of Ebola, particularly in their immediate environment.

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